Scituate girls tennis knocks off No. 1 seeded Apponoquet

Wednesday

Jun 4, 2014 at 6:32 PMJun 4, 2014 at 6:37 PM

The Scituate High School girls tennis team travelled to Lakeville Monday to face the No. 1 seed Apponequet in a MIAA South Sectional quarterfinal match, and it went well with Scituate winning a 3-2 thriller that came down to a long first singles victory from Tess Malerbi.

The Scituate High School girls tennis team travelled to Lakeville Monday to face the No. 1 seed Apponequet in a MIAA South Sectional quarterfinal match, and it went well with Scituate winning a 3-2 thriller that came down to a long first singles victory from Tess Malerbi.

The Lady Sailors secured the first point at first doubles with senior captain Caroline Kiddie and junior Casey White beating Sally Greene and Shawna Walker in straight sets 6-2, 6-2.

Second doubles finished minutes later with Scituate again winning the point, as Marlaina Reidy and Heidi Martin defeated Keelin Lincoln and Devin Ahearn 6-4, 6-2.

Scituate junior captain Tess Malerbi had a great battle against Apponequet’s senior captain April Locke.

With both teams focused on her battle, Malerbi came out on top winning 6-3, 6-3, securing the 3-2 victory for eighth seeded Scituate.

“It was a great win for Tess,” Scituate coach Barbara Horne said. “Everyone was concentrating on her court, as it was the deciding point. Tess handled the pressure well. Her opponent, April is a skilled player, but Tess was playing well and kept going for her shots. “Tess never let April into the match.”

The key to the win was still on the doubles end.

“The doubles teams both played very well against some tough opponents,” Horne said. “After that long bus ride, I was glad that everyone was able to settle right in and play good tennis.”

The girls were set to face No. 4 seed Nauset on Wednesday at Nauset in the Sectional Semifinal. Results were unavailable at press time.

Nauset (19-3) had already beaten No. 13 seeded Middleboro and No. 12, Westwood to get to the semifinal.

Malerbi, and the Caroline Kiddie/Casey White team were named Patriot League All-Stars, while Marlaina Reidy/ Heidi Martin and Moskowitz won honorable mention.